#jo/bhaer

[filmgifs]

And who made you high priest of what's good and what's bad? LITTLE WOMEN (2019) dir. Greta Gerwig

[didanagy]

LITTLE WOMEN (1994)

dir. gillian armstrong

[thestarlight3]

Winona Ryder as Jo March & Gabriel Byrne as Friedrich Bhaer

Little Women (1994) Dir: Gillian Armstrong

[stealingpotatoes]

commission for @toooldforthisbutstill!

(commissions are open!)

[hockey-and-timbits]

I could never love anyone as I love my sisters.

—Jo March, Little Women (Gillian Armstrong, 1994)

[soft-likethesunset]

my favourite snippets from the little women 2019 script, a collection

[twinklingwatermellon]

So I’m not sure if it was Greta Gerwig herself or a movie reviewer but I once read a criticism of the men in Little Women, saying that the March women’s husbands are all varying degrees of useless or disrespectful. Saying that John belittles Meg and her housework and that Friedrich has no respect for Jo’s work. And I have to say… what??

Meg and John are a great example of a healthy couple. Yes, he laughs when her jelly doesn’t turn out, but is he belittling her? No! He just finds it amusing because it is, at least to an observer. And he gets miffed that the house isn’t in order, but in fairness, she did say he could bring a friend whenever and dinner would be ready. They go through rough patches, but they always talk it out and keep on pulling as a team.

And the big one that everyone is mad about, Friedrich criticizing Jo’s writing. I think these people didn’t read the book because Fritz never reads Jo’s sensational stories. He finds a story in a newspaper — specifically stated to not be one of hers — and broadly criticizes that kind of story. This isn’t directed at Jo, it’s directed at writers of these stories in general (again, Friedrich doesn’t know Jo is one of them). But Jo takes his words to heart because he’s spoken to her conscience, and then she makes the decision to burn them all up and quit writing that genre of story. She listens to him because she knows him to have a strong moral compass, which is a big part of why she likes him so much. He helps her grow and become a better person and writer without having to give her direct advice!! And that’s beautiful!! And I’m sick of people who wanted Jo to stay single taking their disappointment and turning it into “all the husbands in Little Women were bad husbands and the second half is a commentary on how terrible it is to be married.” No. Stop it. Read the book. Cut it out with the cynicism.

[lonesomedreamer]

On pleasant days they all go to walk, like a seminary, with the Professor and myself to keep order; and then such fun!

LITTLE WOMEN (1978)

[ballerinarina]

sometimes in the silence of the night i remember laurie

[nerdyrevelries]

I have very strong opinions on what type of social media users all of the characters in Little Women would be.

Marmee runs the Facebook page for her neighborhood. You know, the one where people can post about lost pets, barbeques, and give people heads up that there's going to be some reno going on on their house.

Meg is the biggest social media user of the bunch. Prior to marriage, she has a Pinterest board full of fantasies for her someday wedding and she follows multiple cottagecore influencers. After she becomes a mother, Meg gets really into mommy bloggers to the point where her family has to have an intervention because she's wearing herself out trying to make baby food from scratch because she's been convinced it's the only way to make sure her kids grow up with every advantage. She will also cry over Marie Kondo videos on YouTube because she can't manage to have a perfect, uncluttered life with two active toddlers. She is unfortunately very susceptible to seeing the perfect life other people present on social media and assuming that the projected image is an achievable reality and she is failing when she doesn't measure up to it. Luckily, John is very kind and understanding and helpful about this. (He's not much of a social media user at all.)

Jo has a Substack for her writing and a Tumblr where she posts and talks about writing and follows other people who talk about writing.

Beth is a social media enigma. She has a Pinterest where she only has private boards for saving music, and she lurks but does not have an account on a forum for musicians. She otherwise has no social media presence.

Amy doesn't post a ton on her social media. She has an Instagram where she occasionally posts photos of her art or a pretty flower she saw that day. However, she is constantly getting tagged in other people's social media posts as she frequently shows up in pictures on other people's social media. She's very much of the opinion that she wants to be out there living life rather than just posting about it.

I regret to inform you that Laurie has a pranks channel on YouTube and TikTok. He eventually does stop running it after his character growth, at which point he switches to using his social media platform to highlight aspiring artists and musicians and provide philanthropy and outreach.

Professor Bhaer has a presence in academic publications. Outside of that, he enjoys writing reviews of obscure public domain media on the Internet Archive.

[princesssarisa]

Jo and Professor Bhaer work well in my opinion because in my experience, unconventional women like Jo in the real world choose either 'out there' partners or go celibate / are sapphic. i just don't see her getting with the 'society approved' boyfriend.

I agree. Jo needs to end up with someone who's just as quirky, awkward, intellectual, and unconventional as she is, which she does.

The fact that Jo is such a relatable character is almost a curse as well as a blessing, because people who read about her project themselves onto her. (I'm as guilty of this as anyone else.) I suspect that most Jo/Laurie shippers who claim to relate to Jo are just unconventional enough to see themselves in her, yet have much more conventional taste in romantic partners and think Jo should too.

[didanagy]

LITTLE WOMEN (1994)

dir. gillian armstrong

[joandfriedrich]

Jo: Would you still love me if I was a worm?

Friedrich: Of course I would! And if you were a worm, then I'd be a worm too. We would live in the dirt and make flowers grow and get worm married and have worm kids.

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Laurie: Amy, would you still love me if I was a worm?

Amy: Theodore, what the hell are you talking about?

[thestarlight3]

Winona Ryder as Jo March & Gabriel Byrne as Friedrich Bhaer

Little Women (1994) Dir: Gillian Armstrong

[thebirdandhersong]

tomorrow is date number 3. we shall have to see how that goes because for whatever reason I am simply not super excited to see this guy. and I do not know if I am 100% curious to find out what kind of person he is. I know it takes a while to get to know someone but surely my interest should have been more piqued by now

[the-other-art-blog]

The category is kind, peaceful, learned men sacrificing their ambitions for their family. They made their FMC feel loved and heard for the first time. Yet, haters ship FMC with a previous love interest that didn't accept them for who they were and made tantrums when rejected.

Seriously, one of these days I'll make a post with the comparisons on character details, their relationships with Jo/Eloise, and the critiques/hate they receive.

Any JoBhaer & Philoise shippers present???

Anyone?

Anyone?